Resultados para "Eric Brown" en Literatura y ficción

Assigned to transport experimental military hardware to a base in Alaska, Colonel Hatch and his men were supposed to be prepared for anything. When their plane runs into a freak electro-magnetic event however it's soon clear that isn't the case. Fighting the elements, the soldiers quickly learn that they aren't alone and soon things take a turn that no one could have seen coming because it turns out that monsters are indeed real.

Five hundred years from its launch, the colony vessel Lovelock is deep into its sub lightspeed journey, carrying four thousand humans in search of a habitable planet. When a series of explosions tear the ship apart, it is forced to land on the nearest possible location: a polar section of the Helix—a vast, spiral construct of worlds, wound about a G-type sun.

Clyde was a picturesque, quiet, little town until the night of the accident. A virus, unleashed into the air, would soon fill the streets with blood as man's best friend turned on him. Adorable pets and loving companions would become snarling, bloodthirsty beasts hungry for human flesh. Will anyone survive this brutal betrayal?

A group of friends head into the woods for a hike that will forever change their lives. Their grand adventure soon becomes a desperate fight for survival as they very quickly learn that some monsters are indeed very real...and very hungry.

The rains came, flooding the sleepy little town of Sylva. Sheriff Hanson never thought that he would be fighting a battle to survive against real life monsters, but with the waters came hungry, flesh-eating creatures that swept through Sylva's streets like locusts, devouring everyone in their path.

CASPers - Combat Assault Systems, Personal - are the lords of the future battlefield. The massive mechs were created to give humanity an edge against the rest of the mercenary forces in the Galactic Union. Just like today's tanks, though, massive amounts of armor and weaponry just make the CASPers "hard to kill", not "invulnerable". There are things in the galaxy even stronger than the CASPer, and when humans run up against them, it's up to the human inside to figure out a way to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

Evenie Lewis knows this all too well. A case of mistaken identity has stolen ten years of her life. When the opportunity arises, Evenie jumps at the chance to escape once and for all. Clueless to her surroundings, she sets out to find her way back home with dreams of reuniting with her family being her motivation. Unbeknownst to her, life as she knew it has changed.

Geoff Ringer was a police detective, who never wanted to be more than that. Although he knew he had a telekinetic talent, it wasn’t something he wanted anyone to know about. Even though his reticence made him a loner, he hid his power from his friends and colleagues. Using it also reminded him of that night, which he never wanted to think about again.

He wanted out of the killing game. Instead, he walked straight into Hell. After years as a professional assassin, Gary was ready to disappear — no more contracts, no more bloodshed. Just peace, solitude, and the quiet life in a forgotten swamp town. But something ancient and monstrous is stirring beneath the murky waters. Mutated by radiation and driven by hunger, colossal alligators have begun to rise — grotesque, unstoppable abominations with a taste for human flesh. As the bodies pile up and the bayou turns red, Gary must pick up his weapons one last time… He’s hunted men his whole life.

Barbados 1818. One fateful night, a terrible tragedy occurs at the Strong family sugar plantation on the paradise island of Barbados. The Strong family quickly move to keep the shocking event a secret. But secrets can’t stay hidden forever. Twenty-two years later Blanche Strong, the living, breathing proof of that night, is left following her mother's sudden death. Now, alone in the world Blanche is determined to get answers about her past.

Apropos is a rogue, a rascal, a scoundrel, a cheat...and those are his good points. Lame of leg but fast of wit, the only reason Apropos doesn't consider chivalry dead is because he's not yet through with it. An orphan with a chip on his shoulder, Apropos, travels to the court of the good King Runcible, with three goals in mind: to find his father, seek retribution for the death of his mother, and to line his own pockets. However, Apropos carries the most troublesome burden a would-be harbinger of chaos can bear: He may well be a hero foretold, a young man of destiny.

Manford Page is not a typical serial killer. He dresses like a Sasquatch when committing his crimes and has left a trail of blood and viscera across the country. Narrowly escaping capture in the small town of Hillston, Manford has fled into the woods surrounding it. Federal Agent Burke and the local sheriff, Clark, must put aside their differences and work together to locate Manford before he strikes again. But not everything about the latest killings Manford is suspected of add up. He just might not be the only monster lurking in the woods.

Robbie has been having nightmares. . . terrible, bloody dreams of a monster in the woods. That monster kills every night. Its bloodthirst never satiated. As bodies began to turn up in the real world, Robbie realizes his nightmares are more than they seem. Can Robbie and the local sheriff find and stop the monster or will the killings continue to grow in scope and number?

Billionaire Ben Myer, sick of the limelight, wants to leave the world of paparazzi and parties behind him. Buying a large piece of land in Alaska, he sets his sights on building an epic, compound like mansion there. Unfortunately for Ben, the land is inhabited by a creature of dark legends...and it isn't about to share.

Embark on an electrifying adventure as a daring expedition plunges deep into the untamed heart of the Amazon rainforest, in search of the legendary lost city of Nakaq. But the thrill of discovery quickly transforms into a fight for survival, as the fearless explorers uncover a terrifying secret: a barbaric tribe of flesh-eating savages.

Giant crocodiles exist—the man-eating Kaiju of the real world. Dr. Jennings plans on capturing one alive. Accompanied by a squad of hired mercs and an anti-poaching unit on loan from the local government, she sets out to locate and trap Tuwile, rumored to be the largest giant croc alive. Of course, things never go as planned....

Strange things are happening in the small town of Canton, North Carolina. Megan and her friends should be enjoying summer vacation and the end of the school year, but instead find themselves caught up in a nightmare.

A man of great power and wealth, Robert Jensen wasn't content with the ordinary. His drive to conquer the world led him to its darkest corners. There, he began to assemble a collection of monsters beyond belief - Sasquatch, Thunderbirds, Skunk Apes, and more.

No one saw it coming. The attacks began out of nowhere. Giant alligators emerged from the sewers, huge bats swarmed New Mexico, an army of Chupacabras invaded Texas, and Thunderbirds soared the skies searching for prey. . . All across the globe, the cryptids came out of the woods, rose up from beneath the waves, and crawled out of dark caves. Humanity's only hope is to find out what is behind the attacks and destroy it or face extinction!

Marshal Lucas and his partner Marshal Stephen are assigned the challenging task of apprehending the dangerous criminal. However, they soon realize that they are not the only ones dwelling in the mountains. A monstrous creature straight out of legend awaits them, and they will discover the hard way that Sasquatch is very, very real...and not at all peaceful.